Music Magic

I have often thought that music is akin to magic. Think of all the things it can do:

• inspire patriotism
• calm a baby
• advertise a product so that its never forgotten (My bologna has a first name....)
• change a mood (for better or for worse)
• express things that otherwise are unable to be expressed
• bring back a memory
• tell a story
• help you remember information (ABCDEFG....)
• make you fall in love
• tell about how you fell out of love
• bring you to tears
• get your pants off
• help you exercise

......and I could keep going and going. Music is so good for so many things. What is it about the human brain that makes us wired for sound.....literally?

There are certain songs that just make me feel like everything is ok. They remind me of a wonderful, warm, lazy summer. They calm me physically, emotionally and mentally. No matter how many times I listen to a song, no matter how many different contexts in which I hear the song, it always brings back a specific memory or a special place and time.

Examples:
Santana's "Smooth" reminds me of college (Junior Year?)
Rascal Flatt's "Where You Are" reminds me of a boy and a summer in the 'Burg.
Cademon's Call's "High Country" reminds me of a drive through South Africa's mountains.

If I were a really smart scientist I would do a study on brain's and prove that music is like a drug to our brains. I'd win a Nobel prize and be famous!